I've been hitting my 15 gallon pots with about 1.5 gallons every couple of days, and it seems to be enough. I may go up to 2 gallons to play it safe. I'm really not concerned with over watering at any single feeding.7 gallon will take around 1,5-2 gallon every 3-4 days if it's soil and full of roots.
I always look at fans, if I think it's time to water by humidity levels and weight of the pots I will wait one more day for flop of fans
everybody says to saturate the pot when top 2-3 inches are dry, but what if the middle and bottom is still wet?
wouldn't that promote root rot or drown the girls?
i'm in 7 gallon fabric BTW
depends on soil mixes really. I have several mixes going because im very rural and get what i can work with and its often different stuff. I have some mixes that seem to do better by weight, some that seem to do better by sticking a pinky finger in the top lol.More accurate method is based on pot weight. When your pot is dry give it a heft. Fill it with 2 gallons slow, real slow. Heft it again. When you can lift it as easily as you could dry it's time to water. I believe a 50% dry back is the suggested practice for soil.
The dryback is not suggested practice for coco though.
Yea, im the information vomit guy. Howdy.
I hit my 15 gallon pots with 3 gallons. But I only have about 10 gallons worth of media in mine.I've been hitting my 15 gallon pots with about 1.5 gallons every couple of days, and it seems to be enough. I may go up to 2 gallons to play it safe. I'm really not concerned with over watering at any single feeding.
I'm new to this, but my main determining factor is how the plant looks. I let them get too dry before and they drooped. Now, I've gotten better at catching them right before that happens. Like you, I use weight as one of the key indicators.
There's a lot of bad information floating around these days in the Cannabis world and that 'stick the finger in' bit is some of the worst;everybody says to saturate the pot when top 2-3 inches are dry, but what if the middle and bottom is still wet?
wouldn't that promote root rot or drown the girls?
i'm in 7 gallon fabric BTW
sorry about that, i'm in pro mix hp with a few handfuls of EWC mixed in. also using gaia green dry amendments.Sticking your finger in a 7 gallon pot is useless. You are correct about the rest of the soil still being wet and leading to root rot. It would help tobknow what kind of soil are you using?
Thanks for that. I can appreciate that. Are you actually scrogginsg or simply using a support net? People seem to confuse the two often. You don't need to pick up the whole pot. Just lift an edge to get a feel for the weight. In general, the amount of water you use should be appropriate for the plant size/stage of growth. With the exception of combined peak growth and super hot weather, I rarely need more than 10% of the total soil volume to fully saturate. Take your time when watering. Ideally you want to water from the top down vs the bottom up. Here's what I mean by that. If you add a lot of water quickly to dry soil then the water will sink immediately to the bottom of your pot. In order to fully saturate at this point you basically keep piling up water, in a sense. That is going to leave a lot of mud in the bottom of your pot depriving roots of essential oxygen and result in an uneven dry down. Try adding just enough to moisten the top of the soil and wait a minute. Then proceed to add a little at a time, working the water down to the bottom of the pot. This is watering from the top down. Make sense?. I get more even saturation and dry down this way.sorry about that, i'm in pro mix hp with a few handfuls of EWC mixed in. also using gaia green dry amendments.
kind of hard to lift 7 gallon pots with a scrog net though (last time ever scrogging)
It actually provides a small amount of useful information, but it doesn't indicate when to water. If the soil is moist at finger depth, then it not time to water. If the soil is dry at finger depth, it means it might be time to check other indicators, such as the weight of the pot, meter readings or the look of the leaves.I never have understood that knuckle crap.
Who's everybody? I never said that's time to water.everybody says to saturate the pot when top 2-3 inches are dry, but what if the middle and bottom is still wet?
kind of hard to lift 7 gallon pots with a scrog net though (last time ever scrogging)
imo i put a series of samll holes im my fab pot then on the sidea as well for drain off then i use a 7 in 1 probe then i can check the moistier from any side or top or bottom so i dont over wtaer or drown them if that helps idk if u already know that but hope i could helpeverybody says to saturate the pot when top 2-3 inches are dry, but what if the middle and bottom is still wet?
wouldn't that promote root rot or drown the girls?
i'm in 7 gallon fabric BTW
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